Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!gvgpsa!gold!grege From: grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Gregory Ebert) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Zap, fry, and sizzle Message-ID: <815@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> Date: 26 Feb 90 17:12:38 GMT References: <799@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <804@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <3269@aimt.UU.NET> Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA Lines: 8 In article <3269@aimt.UU.NET> phil@aimt.UU.NET (Phil Gustafson) writes: > >At the place I worked as a summer technician a favorite trick was to shut off >the power strip at another's desk and connect devices across the unused AC >sockets. When the victim came in and turned on his bench, they blew up. Flashbulbs (cannibalized from flashcubes) are the best. SURPRISE !!!